> Arguments along the lines of "Machines can never do X, only humans can do that"
That isn't the argument though.
> If you took today's LLMs back to the 1960s when he proposed that argument, either Searle would be laughed out of town, or you would be burned as a witch.
Do you think humans were different in the 1960s? No they would see the same limitations as people point out today. 1960s was when AI optimism was still very high.
That isn't the argument though.
> If you took today's LLMs back to the 1960s when he proposed that argument, either Searle would be laughed out of town, or you would be burned as a witch.
Do you think humans were different in the 1960s? No they would see the same limitations as people point out today. 1960s was when AI optimism was still very high.